Premiership · Matchday 18

Manchester United v Newcastle United

1–0

HT 1–0

Friday 26th December 2025 · Old Trafford · Att: 73,996

Manchester United beat Newcastle United 1–0 at Old Trafford on Friday 26th December 2025 in the Premiership. Patrick Dorgu (24') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
24' Patrick Dorgu 1–0
Half Time 1–0
46' Jack Fletcher for Mount
60' Joshua Zirkzee for Sesko
61' Leny Yoro for Casemiro
69' Luke Shaw
73' Sandro Tonali
88' Tyler Fredricson for Martinez
88' Tyrell Malacia for Shaw
90' Matheus Cunha
Full Time 1–0

Match Facts

Patrick Dorgu scored his first goal for Manchester United.

Starting XI

Player

13 Patrick Dorgu 24'

Substitutes

46' for Mount

60' for Sesko

61' for Casemiro

88' for Martinez

88' for Shaw

Newcastle United Lineup

4-3-3

Starting XI

3 Lewis Hall LB

5 Fabian Schär CD-L

8 Sandro Tonali RM

10 Anthony Gordon LF

12 Malick Thiaw CD-R

23 Jacob Murphy RF

27 Nick Woltemade F

32 Aaron Ramsdale G

39 Bruno Guimarães CM

41 Jacob Ramsey LM

67 Lewis Miley RB

Substitutes

1 Nick Pope

7 Joelinton on

9 Yoane Wissa on

11 Harvey Barnes on

28 Joe Willock on

37 Alex Murphy

61 Leo Shahar

62 Sean Neave

85 Adedamola Alabi

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Ruben Amorim

Manchester United

OPP

Eddie Howe

Newcastle United

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Newcastle United

4-3-3

Man Utd Newcastle United

33%

Possession

67%

1.3

Expected Goals (xG)

1.2

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.10

Avg Player Rating

6.70

25.8

Avg Age

25.9

United vs Newcastle United History

Meeting 182 of 183

183

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

351

Goals For

259

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 6th April 1895. After this match United had played Newcastle United 182 times: 93W 41D 48L.

15 May 2024 W 3–2 PL 30 Dec 2024 L 0–2 PL 13 Apr 2025 L 1–4 PL

26 Dec 2025 W 1–0 This match

4 Mar 2026 L 1–2 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	90	56	22	12	205	100	62.2
Away	88	32	19	37	133	158	36.4
Neutral	5	5	0	0	13	1	100.0

All 183 meetings with Newcastle United →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →